Water-sterilizing apparatus.



No. 837,109. PATENTED NOV, 27, 1906. M. OTTO.

WATER STERILIZING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 001219, 1905. RENEWED 0M. 9, 1906.

. comprises an emulsifier and a UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

MXRIUS OTTO. OF PARIS,

FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN OZONE NEW YORK.

WATER-STERILIZHNG APPARATUSi Specification of Letters Patent I, Ifatentd Nov. 27, 1906.

V Apfllift ationfiledfictobei' 19, 1905. "Re 11e wedOotobe1-9, 190s. Seria1'No.338.i86.

T0 rill whommfi may cancer-7% Be it known that I, MARIus-OETO, a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of Paris, France, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Sterilizing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object ofmy invention is to rovide an'improved ap aratus for effect t e thorough mixture oi ozone and water, t ereby increasing the sterilization of the wate The construction involved in mg; invention ay-Lussac column, together with other details, all of which will be clearly understood fromthe description of my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing. The drawing illustrates in vertical section a form of apparatus for carrying out myinvention. In the apparatus shown in the drawing, 10

indicates a pipe by which ozone or ozonized air from any suitable source enters into a chamber 11. From the chamber 11 the ozone passes up through a G'ay-Lussac column 12. Arriving at the top of the Gay- Lussac column 12 the ozone ascends through a central tube l3.into a chamber 14, from which it is drawn through a pipe 15 into communication with the water entering by a supply-pipe 16. The Water from the supplyplpe 16 carries with it the ozone and empties into an emulsifier 17, where the ozone and the Water are mixed together. From the emulsifier 17 the mixed ozone and water pass through a pipe 18, which discharges into the descending arm of a hydraulic seal 19. The ozone and water are here further mixed and the sterilization carried on. The excess ozone rises off the-Water in the descending leg and escapes through the outlet-port 20. The water with the ozone dissolved in it rises in the ascending leg of the hydraulic seal 19 and spills over into the central tube 13, already referred to, where it comes in contact with the rising ozone and falls upon the top of. the Gay-Lussac column. Passing down through the Gay-Lussac column containing mate contact with the ozone and the sterilization is completed. The sterilized water from the Gay-Lussac column falls into a lower hydraulic seal 21. The water here has a chance to give up the unused ozone, which rises from the water in the descending leg and passes up .through the ap aratus again, with the new ozone entering tliiough the pipe 10, as already explained. The sterilized water having given up the unused ozone discharges through any suitable outlet, such as 22, ready for consumption. The GayeLussac column 12 forms the primary mixer, while the hydraulic seal 19 forms the secondary mixer.-

If desired, in cases where the GayLussac column '12 is especially long additionalozonesupply pipes, such as 10, may be added to the apparatus.

It is obvious that any suitable gas other than ozone or ozonized air might be employed for the sterilization without departing-from the spirit of my invention.

Having thusdescribed my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a water-sterilizing a paratus, the combination with an emulsi er, a mixer, means for supplyin water to said emulsifier, and means for su'p'p leading to said mixer ozone to ascend through it from said mixer,

the ozone the water comes into intiying ozone to said mixer; of a hydraulic seal with a discharge-pipe and adapted to permit and means for leading the ascending ozone to 2. In an apparatus for sterilizing water, the combination with a sterilizing-column, means for supplying ozone thereto, and a hydraulic seal discharging into the sterilizingcolurnn and receiving ozone ascending from the sterilizing-column; of. an emulsifier discharging into said hydraulic seal, and asuction-pipe leading from the hydraulic seal to the emulsifier. I

MARIUS OTTO. Witnesses:

LoUIs GARDE'T, ,FREDERIO (JAULDwELL. 

